Look up: Re-entrant

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   Re-entrant
   Recessed; opposite of salient.
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   re-entrant
   [adj] - (of angles) pointing inward
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   Re-entrant
   angle that points inwards (opposite of salient)
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   Re-entrant
   Angles on a twinned crystal that point inwards.
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   re-entrant
   (programming) Used to describe code which can have multiple simultaneous, interleaved, or nested invocations which will not interfere with each other. This is important for parallel processing, recursive functions or subroutines, and interrupt handling. It is usually easy to arrange for multiple invocations (e.g. calls to a subroutine) to share on...
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   re-entrant
   the attribute of a program or routine that allows the same copy of the program or routine to be used concurrently by two or more tasks Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • an introversion of land levels,as exemplified by bays,inlets and valleys and delineated in map contours,in contrast to their extroversion,i.e.extension,as in capes,promontories and spurs...
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   re-entrant
   reentrant adjective (of angles) pointing inward; `a polygon with re-entrant angles`
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   re-entrant
   qualifies a program, a routine or a subroutine that may be entered repeatedly and may be entered before prior executions of the same program, routine or subroutine have been completed, subject to the requirement that neither its external program parameters nor any instructions are modified during its execution
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   reentrant
   pertains to a computer programme,a routine or a subroutine that may be entered repeatedly and may be entered before prior executions of the same computer programme,routine or subroutine have been completed,subject to the requirement that neither its external programme parameters nor any instructions are modified during its execution Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computer...
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    Reëntrant
    Re·ën'trant (-tr a nt) adjective Reëntering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re...ntrant angle.
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    Reentrant
    A computer program or routine is described as `reentrant` if it can be safely executed concurrently; that is, the routine can be re-entered while it is already running. To be reentrant, a function must: * Hold no static (global) non-constant data. * Must not return the address to static (global) non-constant data. * Must work only on the data provided to it by the caller. * Must not rely on locks to singleton resources. * Must not call non-reen...
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    Reentrant
    • (a.) Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle.
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